“The Power of Perseverance”
Sermon by Pastor Brent Snook / Sept 29, 2024
Series: Rebuild
Text: Nehemiah 6:1-19
If we are ever going to do a great work for God, we must learn to persevere.
I. PERSEVERE IN THE FOLLY OF DISTRACTION
Nehemiah 6:1-4
“If the devil cannot defeat us as a roaring lion, he will try to defeat us as an angel of light.”
“Distraction will halt a work for God or a life for God.”
II. PERSEVERE IN THE FALSEHOOD OF DEFAMATION
Nehemiah 6:5-9
“Slander is a tool of Satan.”
“Since I cannot govern my own tongue within my own teeth – How can I hope to govern the tongues of others?” – Benjamin Franklin
III. PERSEVERE IN THE FEAR OF DANGER
Nehemiah 6:10-14
“Just because someone claims to be a prophet – does not mean he or she is.”
Nehemiah was a man of discernment
How to Have Discernment
1. Get to know
2. Develop – Hebrews 5
3. The from the Holy Spirit – I Corinthians 12:10
“… be not dismayed for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee yea I will help thee. Yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” Isaiah 41:10
“Fear weakens your knees and stops you from the work of God.”
II Timothy 1:7 – “For God hath not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
“Worry doesn’t take the sorrow out of tomorrow. It just takes the strength out of today.” – Adrian Rogers
IV. PERSEVERE IN THE FACE OF DESERTERS
Nehemiah 6:15-19
What wall has God called you to build?
What rebuilding needs to take place in your life?